Status and trends of theendangered colorado squawfish in the upper colorado river

Transactions of the American Fisheries Society

Volumn 127, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 957-970

  Osmundson, D B ^a   Burnham, K P ^b  

^a Building B   (United States)

^b Colorado State University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION STATUS; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FISH; POPULATION ECOLOGY;

COLORADO RIVER; UNITED STATES;

PTYCHOCHEILUS LUCIUS;

EID: 0032457260     PISSN: 00028487     EISSN: 15488659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/1548-8659(1998)127<0957:SATOTE>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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